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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In </span><span class="f_BodyText">the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="securitypolicy.htm">Require User Lock to Edit</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> security mode,</span><span class="f_BodyText"> where a User Lock is required before any edit can occur, you can set or release the lock in either a diagram or the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">. Enterprise Architect adjusts the lock for the element, or for the diagram and any elements contained in the diagram.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In a diagram, you right-click on the element or diagram; in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">, you right-click on the package, diagram or element. In each case, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Apply/Release User Lock</span><span class="f_BodyText"> context menu</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> </span><span class="f_BodyText">option for the selected item. The following dialog displays.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Select the appropriate radio button to apply or release a user lock on the selected item.</span></p>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">For a package, you can elect to also lock all child packages at the same time. If any elements in the package tree are locked by other users, a list of elements that couldn't be locked displays at the end of the process.</span></p>
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